fault that he kidnapped the little girl and he has a bizarre explanation. douglas sat down with us for a jail house interview here in martinez the first thing he did is explain what he calls a conspiracy to control every aspect of his life, including the decision to linger and abducting one that he says would be easiest to gravenl he detailed what he says happened next. >> i actually just walked up to her and she came with me yale tiffly easy i appear to be someone that could be familiar to her. you know? with her ethnicity. she put her hand out and came with me. then, turned back and said "mommy". and that is when her mom came and was alarmed i had to hurry and scoot her out

of there. we were both terrified. she was scareed and said i'm scared i said i know, i'm scared too. it took us both to calm down. it's not something that i -- i have a son the same age. it's just a bizarre situation. that i need to get out officially. >> douglas told us he was expecting police to show up and they did at the marina where he's been living in his car after two months he says his family kicked him out, he sedz they stopped at sefrm hotels he says looking for more comfortable accommodations douglas denies being mentally ill but says woe like to speak to a psychologist if he says that could help get what he calls government conspiracy off his back. did he offer a long and tear afl polling to the little girl and her family, and said he is sorry for terrifying

them. tonight he's being held on $4 million bond. >> thank you. breaking news we brought you on abc7 news at 5:00 a woman died of the flu in contra costa county. officials say the 48-year-old had h1n1 strain of the virus, they're in the releasing other details like where she live bud do note she did have other under lying problems and that there are 65 confirmed cases of h1n1 in that county. this brings the number of flu deaths in california to five. doctors stress h1n1 can strike anyone including young adults. their advice to get a flu shot. >> there is a search for a missing woman deputies believe needs medical attention. they're asking for help locating the 71-year-old who went missing and

she weighs 110 pounds last seen wearing all black. if you see her, deputies asked you contact them with her location. >> in los gatos police investigating an assault believe they believe may have been a knock outgame attack. a man punched a woman in a strip mall then took offer, running. the only motive is that she was sucker punched as part of a dangerous game. >> the man accused of fire bombing the chinese consulate made a brief appearance in court today did he not enter a plea in an attack that happened new year's day. vic lee is on the story and live outside of the home tonight. >> he lives in a unit in the house behind me. from the hearing we know he cannot afford a private attorney. that is a

matter of bail that is up in the air. we're learning that he fails from china. he's here in this country as a permanent resident meaning that he could be deported. the couple did not want their names used. they say he rented an in law unit built on the garage level and moved here in june. but they're now separateed and live apart. this appearance in koufrment a federal public defender was appointed. the 35-year-old is charged with a new year night fire bombing. the explosion and fire caught on this camera

video. a large fireball explodes. friday, two days later he called police saying he wanted to surrender. police and federal agents arrested him at his home here in daily city. a neighbor says he saw a dozen cars that afternoon.. >> i noticed one man had green wind breaker on said something like joint task force. and i was just wondering oh, wow. >> he told fbi he targeted the chinese consulate because the voices he had been hear wering in chinese. this neighbor exchanged pleasant tris with fang.. >> i would never know. he never exhibited this in the neighborhood. >> very normal? >> yes. >> fang comes back to court next week. vic lee, abc7 news. another courtroom victory in

the battle over lead paint involving local governments. a superior court judge issued a final verdict today, increasing the original $1.1 billion penalty. the money from the settlement would go to remove lead paint from homes. san francisco, san jose and oakland took part in this suit the lawyer in this case claims lead paint was sold for decades though manufacturers knew it was dangerous. it's one of the biggest lawsuits of its kind the paint industry is expected to appeal. >> it's the dead of winter there is no rain in sight. worried water managers met today in sacramento. abc7 news joins us from the delta tonight. >> we need the governor to declare a state of emergency >> coming off the recorded history some california water managers want governor brown to declare a state of emergency

now. >> these people are out in the community. we need to find whatever assistance to address the issues >> mandatory conserve vacation stream lines processes to get state and federal help, and water transfer. >> this need is being assessed now. we'll meet again thursday. information is coming together from the various agencies. >> many see rough times ahead including up to 500,000 acres of farmland. >> most poignant is impact on the town, by and large are under served populations in the state. being explained. and >> officials say the governor is

aware of the dire situation inr including reservoirs that now sit at just 18%. with little snow pack above it, and no rain is in sight. >> what we're seeing now is this convergence of high drolg, low reservoir levels and inflow. so bottom line is that state has to take this seriously. >> several water districts have already imposed mandatory restrictions on customers. if staying dry, you can expect more to follow suit. >> california sports fishing groups are complaining about water, excessive water diversions and failure of state agencies to enforce quality water standards, they say have created a fish drought only characterized as a biological

holocaust. that group campaigned because of the impact. new figures seem to back them up. number of smelt and bass de-clained by 95% to 99% since 1967. >> oakland police announced they'll release a picture tomorrow of a car connected with the unsolved murder of a man. the 22-year-old shot and killed in yun on street street. he got into a confrontation with two men who rear ended his car. his mother is waiting for the foern show reremorse. >> i am hopeful that that person or someone will grow a conscience because of our

continued efforts to have him in the public eye. >> police plan to put his picture and crime tips on bill boards throughout the city. >> police asking for the public's help in solving a murder from seven yearsing ayes today family members of alberto casillas gathered at the spot where he was guned down. investigators say he had a run in with suspects that night. he was shot in his suv on the corner of 13th and folsom the mother knows finding the killers is getting harder as time passes. >> this is a case that is years old. >> show hopes someone can recognize the gunman. police offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to their arrests. >> still ahead tear tonight a come back, a dedicated public servant return together job

after an accident changed his life, forever. >> live tonight on what is known as world's crookedest street. homeowners saying enough is enough. >> still no rainfall here in the bay area. but there are systems coming our way he we hope will be more than teasers. >> a popular retailer cancels orders of dozens of customers without a full explanation. i'm michael finney. one covered california is howt californians can take advantage. we can help you get quality health insurance right now. to sign up, call 800-787-9159 or go to coveredca.com. you can also use our website to find local, in-person help.

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now a bay area fire chief is back after a backyard fall from a ladder that has left him partially paralyzed he could retire but wants to keep on working. he has done all of these years. abc7 news reporter david louie sat down with the chief. >> at the world trade center and on fire lines may 11th he found himself a victim of an accident at home. >> it was the last thing i had to do about 15 feet off the ground leaning out and next thing i know i'm on the ground unable to move. >> the dent left him unable to

walk. he spent 66 days in the hospital and did months of therapy with love from his family and friends. >> it makes you want to fight harder because not only do they have faith in you but they give you that energy you need to kind of keep going every day. >> the board orderered a special band that will awill you him to drive. he is hopeful he will regain use of his legs >> he did bounce back. he said his goals to come back. it's remarkable. >> two words he embraces are dapt and improvize. as long as he can do both he says he won't retire. he will be working part time and hopefully, then full time. he's taking it one day after a time.

>> san francisco is one of the top tourist destinations in the world but challenging for those who live near tourist hot spots paem long lombard street asking for help restricting all of the looky loos. carolyn? >> i have to say there is very little simp path where he for people living along beautiful lombard street from those who sent me tweets today. it's a neighborhood and while it's calm now, it was quite congested today. the mcentire family is visiting san francisco. of course that means checking out lombard street. >> we're respectful. but we're visiting. you know? everybody wants to see it. >> this is a slow period during the off season.

>> limb scenes and buses. >> like residents near the airport those here knew there would be nice getting to a tourist destination. they sna recent years there have been an explosion of visitors. >> we're asking for the same considerations that any block would get. in other words hundreds of people would not allowed to walk into the street to shut down post street. >> san franciscoins were able to ban tour buss from their neighborhood. they're also off limits on lombard and further restrictions are concern to the president of astronomical tours >> if we can't go to other place what's is next? union square? >> supervisor mark farrell

hoping to strike a balance. he's asking the city attorney to explore options like banning cars from lombard. >> we want to do the least restrictive thing he can. anyway to to detract as a tourism destination. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> the tourists getting nice weather here. >> yes this, is incredible. >> i'd rather be embracing the cold it's cold wrest going down to deep south. yes. >> correct, yes. >> here is a look at clouds around the bay area. and more

clear skies at the moment. here is a live view of the clear skies here in at abc7 on this lovely evening. it's 54 degrees here. and temperatures from 4 in half moon bay. in downtown it's 52 degrees and right around or just above 50 in napa and fairfield. a live view from sfo looking at slight chance of rain saturday. clouds pushing through bay area now with no rainfall here

a slight chance of showers tomorrow night. and forecast at 11:00 tomorrow night, and then, during late night hours it's a front swinging through there would be spotty drizzle that is all we can expect from that system. next is poised to move through saturday. so saturday morning at 5:00 it will pro tus only a slight chance of rain and that would be confined to north bay if things continue in the pattern seeming to be slaping up right now. another dry spell another stretch of mild days and low temperatures mainly low to mid-40s up to the north bay valleys some mid to upper 30s in napa. then, tomorrow, partly cloudy skies.

may start off as mostly cloudy day. high temperatures south bay, upper 50s to about 60s going to be cool day. same range of highs on the peninsula. north bay highs upper 50s to 60s. 60 in castro valley. accu-weather forecast after a couple days we flirt with a shower or two, wednesday, thursday, sunny skies friday. another slight chance of rain saturday. and then, warming up again, sunday, monday, tuesday. back sunny skies mid-60s again. >> wow. thank you. >> did you know that it's illegal to store anything in your garage except your car? your garage except your car? >> injennie-o w where every tha where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos.

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site. the helicopter part of the liberty wing stationed in a nearby royal air force base. investigators are at the site trying to find a cause for the accident. >> now, to the deep freeze that gripped much of the country tonight. 17 people have died since severe weather began last week. including a marine near his family home. every u.s. state had temperatures below freezing. every state in the union. there are freeze warnings for parts of florida, as we said >> i feel like my fingers are going to crack. >> it froze over this pond in mississippi the worst of the deep freeze should be over in the next day or two, we're told.

>> hundreds of amtrak passengers have arrived in chicago. these pictures from on board the effort, forced to spend the night in a rail yard. >> we've got stuck in five feet of a snow drift. scary part is that we stopped many times before and thought this is just another 15 minute thing. nochlt it's not, it's nine hours. >> this morning passengers were transferred to charter buses. iet was inconvenient. and boring. the people on the train were great, though. a good group of people. patient. you know? >> trains have been stopped in

denver. >> passengers feeling pain at airports. things are getting better but real jam is at baggage claim. matt keller is at sfo. this traveling band hit a bad note this morning. their flight cancelled and now rebooked for thursday. >> seeing if friends can meet up with us or whatever. we don't know if we'll have to book another hotel room or what. >> several thousand flights were cancelled today about a third of the flights to and from chicago have been cancel asked other parts of the mid west seeing major weather related issues. some of

times 16 hours or longer in a day. trying to get customers home >> we want to help them but there is only so much you can do. and takes a toll. >> your wish then? >> clear skies. no snow. >> there is no guarantee your luggage will be with you. a 24 hour odyssey started yesterday morning. >> st. louis, denver. and here. so three altogether. >> where do you think luggage went? >> anywhere.

>> new york prosecutors tonight charged 100 retired police officers and firefighters can disability fraud including some who said injuries happened because of september 11thth. some charged were walked to a court house today a investigation found they weren't sick and some were working while collecting disability checks the scheme said to have cost hundreds of millions of dollars. >> lee baca announced his resignation today he and his department have come under pressure since an investigation showed rampant abuse of prisoner business deputies. 18 current and former deputies have within indicted for beating prisoners and jail visitors. >> dennis rodman had an on air melt down in a televised interview from north korea. rodman there with ten other players for a game tomorrow marking the birth dave his

friend jim kim johning un. this morning he was questioned about kenneth bey, detained by the north korean government. >> do you understand what he did? >> yes. >> do you understand what he did? >> you tell me. no. nochlt you tell me. you tell me. why is he held captive? i have -- let me just, i would love to speak on this. >> go ahead. >> you know? he's got ten guys here. ten guys here have left their families and their daily families to help this country in a sports venture. ten guys. do you not understand sna >> we do. we appreciate it and wish them well. >> no. no. i don't give a

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san francisco bicycle owners could be breaking the law just by storing bikes. san frn has a law making it illegal to store anything except a car in your garage. it was the intention of supervisor mark farrell. he is urging people to suggest updates to city codes to do so, if you know of one that needs updating there is a link on abc7 news.com under see it on tv. >> for millions of women the scar from a c section is a challenge but new tummy tuck procedures are helping make scars less noticeable allowing

doctors to remove fat. >> irene loves to shop. and she would love to add tighter tops to her wardrobe if it weren't or a problem from the birth of her kids. >> the c section is, above it there is this, i call it a ledge of extra flesh, or fat. >> today, irene is hoping to lose that ledge with the help of a procedure called tummy tone up. she marks the area. >> tummy tone up is done by making several very small enry points on skin i would like to use the scar as two ends i can ininterest dues the small incision. >> the procedure employs a minimally invasive liposuction allowing doctors to vary

intensity of the energy. >> by doing this, i optimize the laser energy in three wave lengths to melt the fat and tighten the skin. >> working from small incisions dr. kong melts sections of fat paying attention to the area around the scar. >> i can say that c section scar out. she'll have a tighter skin. >> besides melting fat it's used to stimulate new collagen growth. these photos show the affect on irene's stomach. it's performed under local anesthetic, it can take weeks to see full benefits for irene, potential is worth the wait. >> i'm have worn a two piece in many, many years. that would be exciting to be able to wear a

two piece. >> they range from $2500 to $6,000. that compares to a full tummy tuck which runs $10,000 up and. >> going back one last time to update the weather forecast. >> we'll bounce that over to the other side of the country. deep chill settled in. temperatures minus three at green bay. down south it's cold. 19 in atlanta. factor in winds from minus 10 to 21 the eastern half have a bitter

chill. it's going to be mild, chance of rain we'd like to see it won't be cold. a slight chance of sprinkles thursday and a chance of rain saturday then, sunny, mild throughout the next several days. >> thank you. >> okay. >> frozen tundra moving south. >> it's cold but going to warm up. >> i'm confident. >> yes. >> not going to have to keep borrowing shoes and hats. here why panthers know this is going to be a diffe "are you okay mom?" "yes i am" (nervous) (screaming)

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on the road. 49ers had a clear edge experience participating in six playoff games carolina hasn't made playoffs in five years. >> they're all n what happened last year we got to the super bowl and didn't pull it off. now we know that here is another chance. to do it over again. we must take advantage. and we come come too. >> carolina won at the stick. davis left early in that game with a concussion. niners are a different team than in november. and ron riviera knows stopping this time is going to be tougher. >> we're able to do things to make it tough on him. this time,

have you to watch from down the stretch. and it turned out in our benefit. >> still expected to return as head coach but we have not gotten official word from owner mark davis. he left saying he had no news. there may be an issue here. davis wants to give one year extensions so he can clean house we're going to have to see if this becomes a deal breaker. nba, werers trying to win their tenth game. packers quarterback aaron rogers, he

does have a lot of free time. doesn't he? that is vintage there. milwaukee 7-26 but play like 8-25. david lee started this game nine for nine. warriors leading in the 4th. sharks skoely will play for finnald. tonight they're focus sont nashville predators. it was clearly interfered with but in call was made. shouldn't have counteded, it does count. eater lindsay vaughn will not compete in up coming olympic games. tore

a acl and today said she needs more surgery. football, saints got stomped on in seattle last time so to prepare for saturday, this is what they did in new orleans. i would worried about replicating sound and rain but niner fans hoping for a victory this week. >> i hope it's more than that. >> yes. >> next electronic gadget could be the car, at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 ab angler caught what happens on the bottom of the ocean. it's unbelievable video snagged just by strapping a camera to a crab

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